United States Constitution | The Constitution framed for the United States of America

United States Constitution

The Constitution framed for the United States of America ... [within The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces ... for September, 1787 ... Vol. II, No. III ... The Second Edition]. Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, March 22, 1792

8vo (121 x 122 mm). With the Constitution appearing on pages 276-284. 18th-century paper wrappers.

An early printing of the Constitution within a monthly issue of America's first literary magazine.

The American Museum, America's first literary magazine, was a pioneering effort on the part of its publisher, Mathew Carey, to bring news to a national audience, and to develop and promote an indigenous literary culture. The appearance of the Federal Constitution in the September 1787 issue was one of the first contemporary printings of the document. The present example is the second edition of the issue when the back issues of the magazine were reprinted in 1792.

REFERENCE:

Chielens, American Literary Magazines, pp.19-24; James N. Green, Mathew Carey, Publisher and Patriot, pp.6-7